Catalog
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1925-1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Note printed in reddish-brown tones with an ornate Moorish-style architectural border framing the entire face. The central field carries the bank title and denomination in Arabic script, flanked by numeral value panels reading "25" at left and right. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre, with serial number positions at lower left and upper right corners; the illustrated specimen bears a "SPECIMEN" overprint in blue across the centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in warm reddish-brown and blue tones with elaborate Arabesque floral vignettes filling the left and right panels. At centre, a landscape vignette presents the Citadel of Aleppo with its massive stone walls and arched bridge rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The denomination "25" appears in the upper corners within ornamental cartouches, and the full bank title and value legends are set in a banner across the top. |
| Reverse lettering | GRAND-LIBAN BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN VINGT CINQ LIVRES REMBOURSABLE AU PORTEUR EN CHÈQUE SUR PARIS OU MARSEILLE À RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE CL. SERVEAU FEC. E. DELOCHE SC. |
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